Everything I learned in gradeschool was wrong

Pete Zicato · 03-01-2010, 04:01 PM

At least it seems like it. Here's one more.

glatt · 03-01-2010, 04:24 PM

For those to lazy too click on the link, it says the Mayflower wasn't the first bunch of Pilgrims.

There's a lot of oversimplification in history. Especially in the settling of America. There was a huge celebration of the Jamestown anniversary a couple of years ago, and nary a mention that up in Popham Maine, settlers established a far more successful settlement the same summer. The Popham settlers were so successful, they managed to build their own ship to get themselves off this God-forsaken continent and head back home to the warmth and comfort of England. The ship that Popham colony built was used to help rescue the failure that was Jamestown, showing up with a hold full of food and supplies and workers to help save the Jamestown colony. The morons in Jamestown had settled in a brackish mosquito infested swamp and lost all but 61 of their 500 settlers, while Popham only lost one settler.

But let's all celebrate Jamestown.

Pie · 03-01-2010, 04:33 PM

But remember: "America was founded as a Christian nation".

xoxoxoBruce · 03-02-2010, 12:50 AM

There's a lot of misleading stuff in that piece, but it is an op ed, not a report.

03-01-2010, 04:01 PM	#1
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Everything I learned in gradeschool was wrong At least it seems like it. Here's one more. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

03-01-2010, 04:24 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	For those to lazy too click on the link, it says the Mayflower wasn't the first bunch of Pilgrims. There's a lot of oversimplification in history. Especially in the settling of America. There was a huge celebration of the Jamestown anniversary a couple of years ago, and nary a mention that up in Popham Maine, settlers established a far more successful settlement the same summer. The Popham settlers were so successful, they managed to build their own ship to get themselves off this God-forsaken continent and head back home to the warmth and comfort of England. The ship that Popham colony built was used to help rescue the failure that was Jamestown, showing up with a hold full of food and supplies and workers to help save the Jamestown colony. The morons in Jamestown had settled in a brackish mosquito infested swamp and lost all but 61 of their 500 settlers, while Popham only lost one settler. But let's all celebrate Jamestown. Last edited by glatt; 03-01-2010 at 04:37 PM.

03-01-2010, 04:33 PM	#3
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	But remember: "America was founded as a Christian nation". __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-02-2010, 12:50 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There's a lot of misleading stuff in that piece, but it is an op ed, not a report. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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